Five men convicted in Jefferson County's sewer scandal reported to federal prison camps today to begin serving their sentences, a prison official confirmed this afternoon.

Jack Swann, 64, former head of Jefferson County's sewer system, reported
to the federal prison camp at Terre Haute, Ind., said Ed Ross, a spokesman for the federal Bureau of Prisons.

Grady Roland Pugh Sr., 71, reported shortly before noon today at the federal prison camp at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, said his attorney, Michael V. Rasmussen. "He was in good spirits," he said.

Bobby Rast, 61, and his brother Danny Rast, 54, also reported to the prison camp at Maxwell today, Ross said.

Bobby Rast was sentenced to serve 51 months in prison. Danny Rast was sentenced to a 41-month prison term. Dougherty was given a 51-month sentence. Swann, was given an 8-1/2-year sentence. Pugh was given a 45-month sentence.

The five men lost their appeals to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals this summer.

Another man in the scandal who lost his appeal at that same time, former Commissioner Chris McNair, has been granted a request to stay out on bond. New federal sentencing guidelines are expected to go into effect in November that could give judges the ability to consider a person's age in sentencing. McNair's attorney has said he will ask that the 84-year-old former commissioner's five-year sentence be reduced once the new guidelines go into effect.

A three-judge panel on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in May issued a ruling on a consolidated appeal of the bribery and corruption cases of the six men relating to the $3.2 billion repair and rehabilitation of the Jefferson County sewer system. That same appeals court in July denied a request by the six men to rehear their cases.

Attorneys for all six men have said they intend to file requests to the U.S. Supreme Court to review their cases. The requests are due in October.

In all 21 people and five companies have either been convicted or pleaded guilty as a result of two federal criminal probes into the construction and financing of the Jefferson County sewer system.